Rail-joint.



FRANK LIETRUSZA', 0F ARNOLD CITY, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAILFJCNT.

Malisse.

Application filed March 19, 15H5.

Be it known ythat, I, FRANK PIETRUSZA.' a

gaging rail ends capable of holding the rails together` without the aid otl a securing means and also providing oppositely arranged fish plates inter-engaging with Said rail ends for permanently lockingthe rails together when positioned upon the road bed.

still further object is the provision of colnpleinentally formed interlocking adjacent ends for railroad rails capable ot teinporarily retaining the rails in their operative aliniug positions. and in also providing side engaging tish plates for permanenti)v locking the rails togetherfor use upon a railroad.

vWith these general objects in view and others that will appear as the nature. of the invention better understood, the saine consists in the novel combination and arrangement ot' parts hereinafter t'ully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings7 and pointed ont in the appended elaiins.

ln the drawings forming a part, of this aliplication and in which like designating characters ret'cr to corresponding parts throughoutthe several views:- Figure l is a, side elevation showing the present invention in ronnection with the adjacent ends of two rails. Fig. 2 a top vplan view thereof. l"ig. Il is a transverse,verti :al sectional view taken upon l'ine lll-lll of Fig. 2. Fig. l is a pcrspect ive vicw ot the engaging end of one oll the rails. Fig. :3 is a similar view of the roniplcnlentallv formed engaging end of the zuljaccnt rail. Fig. l is a perspective view ol' one otl the locking fish plates. Fig.

Specification ofietters Patent.

,other upon the saine horizontal piane. `tread 25 ot' the rail ll is provided llatented Sept. 28. Serial No. 15.449.

7 is a perspective view ot an enel portion of a. iiiodied forni or" locking `fish plate. and, l ig. S is a perspective view of the butter or packing employed with the device.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, two rails l0 and l1 are illustrated hating i their adjacent ends complenientallj.' formed tor ititer-engagement as best, illustrated in Figs. l and 5 ot' the drawings, while tish plates 12 are arranged in secured interlocking positions upon opposite sides of theA joint. The rail 10 has its head 13 thereof provided with a eut-away end portion let and with a communicating socket l5 formed in the said head while the base flange i6 ot the rail 1() is cut-away as at providing side lugs 1S at theV lower front edge of the rail web 19. The rail 11 has its extreme end complenientalljv toi-ined by slitting away end portion ot the rail weteI 20 and then t'orniing a recess 'il in the center of the projecting ends 22 ot' the. base flanges 23 of said rail. thc said recess 21 being' adapted to receive the lugs iSiwhen the web 19 is posi tioned through the entrance slot 2l of said recess and the base flanges or" the two rails are brought int-o ahnement with each al; it tended end with a torni ot' 'li head Ll adapted 'to seat within socket l5 of the rail lll. the said head h' a neck p rtion adapted within the groove leading .ironty the, said tread socket. With this arrangement ot conipleinentalljY formed :nds upon the rails be engaged with the rail l0 by ssinahlj: g'zosi-v. tionlng the end ol the web l@ through the' slot Il with the tread ot the rail l upon a planA above. the plane oierthe head l and when the adjacent ends ot the two webs 'ill and .20 of the rails eoine into Contact, with cach other. the rail ends may be moved into alineinent with each other b v engaging the base tlangcs lll and 22 thereof. together in alineineiit with each other and with the lugs 154 seated. within the reeess :2l as heretofore described. and at which time the. tread head Ll will seal within the tread recess l5 and the neck il" will rest within the slot 2S. while the portion '.9 of the rail tread will Si t) seat flatly upon the tread portion 30 of the end of the rail 10. A resilient buffer or packing 31 is positioned in the bottom of the socket 15 and groove 28 and is counter-` sunk in a longitudinal groove 32 of the said tread portion 30 ofthe rail 10 and this allows for a resilient seating of the rails together and takes up the wear of the rails during the operations of the rolling stock thereover.

The rail ends being adapted for interengagement as above described, it is designed to provide locking fish plates- 12 of the form illustrated in Fig. 6 to be positioned upon opposite sides 'of the rail joint for locking the rails in operative alinement. These fish plates are provided upon one edge with projecting lugs 33 which are adapted to be received within sockets 34 upon the under sides of the rail treads 13 and 25, as best illustrated in Fig. 2, although the form of plates 35 may be employed as illustrated in Fig. 7, and which differ only from the fish plates 12 by having projecting pairs of pins 3G instead of the afore-Inentioned lugs 33, which pins are engageable in similar sockets 37 in the under sides of the rail treads.

The fish plates 12 and 35 are each pro* vided with inwardly projecting flanges 37 seating upon the upper edges of the base flarges of the rails when the fishl plates are attached to the opposite sides thereof- While the base flanges of the rails are received within longitudinal slots v38 of the said fish plates. Each of thev said plates has a centrally-arranged downwardly .projecting lug 39 provided with a central perforation 40 therethrough and a clamping means is ar`- ranged between the said lugs 39 and is herein illustrated as consisting of the bolt 4l provided with a tapered screw l2 arranged within the threaded bore 43 of the said bolt while the heads 4.4 and of the said bolt and screw respectively, engage the outer faces of the lugs 39, so, that by relatively tightening the said bolt and screw, the fish plates are drawn together in their locking engagement with the rail ends. y

It will thus be seen that when the rail ends are temporarily interlocked together',

that fish plates in either the forms shown in Figs. 6 or 7 are readily positioned-upon opposite sides of the joint so formedwhile one plate of each kind may be so arranged if desired, as best shown in Fig. 2, and such positioning will place the lug perforations 40 in alinement with each other so that the locking bolt and screw' 41 andl 42 respectively, may be inter-engaged and tightened icr locking the fish plates upon the rail ends and inclosing the rail joint therebetween.

Vihilc the forms of the invention herein snc-wn and described are what are believed to 'be preferable embodiments thereof, it is nevertheless'to be understood that various' forms, modlficatwn's and` arrangements' of incassa the parts as shown may be had Without departing fromA the spirit and scope of the' inventionfas claimed. What I claim as new'is 1. A.v rail joint comprising two inter-en gaging rail ends complementally formed and having-side sockets in the tread portions thereof, fish plates oppositely positionable uponthe said rail ends and having projec- .tions extending into the said sockets and further having longitudinal side slots with= in which -the base flanges of the rail ends are seated, central depending lugs carried by the said plates provided lwith perforations therethrough, and inter-engaging securing clamps carried by' the said lugs and extending through saidperforations.

2. A device of the class described, com- .prising rail ends having complementally formed projections and receiving portions '.upon each of the same and being further provided with inwardly projecting sockets upon the lower sides of the rail treads, fish v plates provided with spaced projecting lugs positionable within said sockets and having inwardly prcjecting longitudinal flanges seated upon the base flanges of said rails., depending lugs upon said fish plates pro vided with central perforations, a bolt positioned through one of said lug perforations and 'having a threaded bore, and a lock screw positioned through the other one of said lug perforations and engaging within the said bore. l

3. A rail joint comprising a rail end provided with a cut-away tread portion and having the adjacent portion of the tread provided with a slot and an enlarged socket, a resilient packing countersunk in said cutaway portion and said slot and soclret, 1an` other rail end having the web and the adjacent underneath portion of the\tread cut` away forming a tread extension terminatingv in a rounded head and avconnecting reduced neck portion, the said head, neck and tread' portion of said last-named rail end being away portion and said slot'and socket, the

end portion l'of the base flange of 'saidbail being cut-away, opposite' projecting curved lugs formed at the bottpm and-at the end of the web thereof forming a head portion in substantial alinementl with the base flange of the carrying rail, another rail end having the web and the adjacent underneath 11,154,eee e poi-tion of the tread cut-away foi-inniger trend extensionvterminating in a rounded head and a connecting reduced neck portion, the base flanges of said second-named rail end having e Centrali socket adjacent the web of the said rail and having a eoinimmi-V eating forwardly positioned slot in aline-V ment with the said web, the said head, neck and tread portion of said-last-narned rail v end being positionable Within the socket and.l

.slot and 'upon the eut-away tread portion and the aforesaidypacking of the irst-named :va-i1 end when the ends of the 'webs ofthe said rails are in Mining abutment with each other, and at which time the base fianges are inv engagement with each other, with the web head seated Within the lsaid base flange socket.

In testimonywl'ieijeof l afx my signetui'e in presence of 'two Witnesses.

FRANK PIETRUSZL. Witnesses: K JAKOB MowKnowlesprv WM. ASHTON. 

